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Filipino Americans
Summary
Filipino Americans (Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos and other Asian ethnicities in North America were first documented in the 16th century as mariners and crew members on ships sailing to and from New Spain (Mexico) and a handful of inhabitants in other minute settlements during the time Louisiana was an administrative district of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico). Mass migration did not begin until the 20th century, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory.
As of 2021, there were 4.4 million Filipinos, or Americans with Filipino ancestry, in the United States with large communities in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Florida, Texas, and the New York metropolitan area.
The term Filipino American is sometimes shortened to Fil-Am or Pinoy. Another term which has been used is Philippine Americans. The earliest appearance of the term Pinoy (feminine Pinay), was in a 1926 issue of the Filipino Student Bulletin. Some Filipinos believe that the term Pinoy was coined by Filipinos who came to the United States to distinguish themselves from Filipinos living in the Philippines. Beginning in 2017, started by individuals who identify with the LGBT+ Filipino American population, there is an effort to adopt the term FilipinX; this new term has faced opposition within the broader overseas Filipino diaspora, within the Philippines, and in the United States, with some who are in opposition believing it is an attempt of a "colonial imposition".
Demographics of Filipino Americans and History of Filipino Americans
Filipinos in HawaiiFilipinos in the New York metropolitan area and Little Manila
Filipino mariners and crew members were some of the first Asians in North America. The first documented presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States dates back to October 1587 when Novohispanic ships loaded with slave workers and some prisoners docked around Morro Bay, California with the first permanent settlement in Louisiana in 1763, where they were called "Manilamen" and at least one served in the Battle of New Orleans during the closing stages of the War of 1812.
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